And What Do You Mean by Learning?

Melissa Emler is the Director of Community at Modern Learning

  • Online media company to help schools change and be better. Really powerful conversations are happening regularly.
  • The Testing Emperor Finally has no Clothes
  • Modernlearners.com/jethro
  • All of the onus for learning is placed on the teacher.
  • It is the responsibility of teachers to create the conditions for learning to happen.
  • Communication beats compliance, every time.
  • Learning happens through feedback and questioning.
  • It is the student to communicate questions and understanding.
  • Going gradeless or standards based grading doesn’t really communicate learning.
  • We haven’t really had a conversation about what we mean by “learning”.
  • Seymour Sarason’s “What do you mean by learning?“
  • People are learning when they want to learn more.
  • It requires co-creating the curriculum
  • Our practices do not match our beliefs.
  • The amount of time we spend thinking, talking, planning for standardized tests.
  • Giving prizes for testing= :(
  • Beliefs must drive assessment.
  • Challenge assumptions, biases and orthodoxies that influence assessment practice.
  • Communication beats compliance, every time.
  • Explore status quo-busting assessment solutions to provide more authentic and real-world choices.
  • Let students learn about how they learn.
  • Measure what matters.
  • Invest in TRUST.
  • So important to trust teachers to create the conditions for learning to happen.
  • If we get to a common set of beliefs then we don’t need to pressure teachers to do well on a test.
  • Standards and tests change based on political issues.
  • how to be a transformative leader? Be strong in your individual beliefs.

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